Ny-Carlsberg Glyptotek 4/

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Ny-Carlsberg Glyptotek - Copenhagen 4/ - Festsalen - The Banquet Hall - Room #18. As seen through the lenses of my old HP Pocket Cam, iPhone, iPad Mini and my old Canon Cam Figures at the top left corner refer to background info and legends, given bellow: This room is part of the building that houses some of Glyptotek's Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquities. It was designed by architect Hack Kampmann, as a Greek/Roman temple in a rectangular shape around an auditorium, reserved for conferences, concerts and literary Soirées. Lavishly adorned with Ionian colonnades of Norwegian and Italian marble, with sculptures, statues, sarcophagi, etc. At the rear end, 3 rows of 4 columns each, the ante-room to the Mausoleum. A: In the center, a Mosaic, very often covered, 4,5 m x 4,5m, from a triclinium, or roman dinning room, with a tondo, circle, in the middle, representing Zeus, in the shape of a white bull, kidnapping Europa from Phoenicia (Lebanon) to Crete where she gave birth to Minos, the future King of Crete. In Greek History, she will represent the Balkans. In the 8th C, the Kingdom of Carlo Magno/Charlemagne, and later the whole continent! 1 Triton, son of Poseidon/Neptune and Amphitrite, messenger of his father and protector of fishermen and sailors 2 Sealion (a Tritonis) with a Nereide 3 Seagoat (a Tritonis) w. a Nereide 4 Seabull (a Tritonis) w. a Nereide 5 Four hexagons, six-sided, with 3 faces and 1 two entertwined circles 6 Demeter/Ceres, goddess of the grains and agriculture 7 Emperor Augustus in a Greek toga, note the hairstyle with two strands of hair in the shape of crab claws, one of his brand images. 8 Zeus/Jupiter 9 Asklepios, son of Apollo and Coronis, who, with his daughter Hygieia, is god of medicine, hygiene and healing. His staff and the serpent are used as the sign of medecine/drugstores/pharmacies 10 Antinoos, emperor Hadrian's loveboy, from his 13/14 til he drowned in the Nile/Egypt, then deified/made god by Hadrian, here as Dionysos/Bacchus. Antinoos is the icon of the gay community and is referred to in literature, e.g. in "Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. 11 Emperor Marcus Aureleus. Note the breastplated shield with the head of the Gorgon/Medusa, the shield of the goddess Athena! 12 Sarcophagus with tritonis, sea monsters, sons of Triton, who could calm or agitate the sea, at Poseidon's command 13 Sarc. with erotes/cupids and a portrait 14 15 Sarc. with 16 Dionysos/Bacchus with his wife Ariadne/Ariana in a Dionysian/Bacchanalia rite/orgy. Note Pan with the legs and the horns of a goat. 17 Sarc. with sleeping Ariadne/Ariana. Daughter of Minos, she helped Theseus kill the Minotaur. They got married, spent their honeymoon on an island, I think, Naxos, whereafter Theseus left here while she was asleep. Dionysos/Bacchus fell in love with her and married her. 18 Sarc. with the 3 Horae/Seasons, representing the different hours/seasons, often order/harmony and justice. 19 Sarc. w. strigil, curved blades to scrap sweat, dirt and oils from the body 20 Theater masks of comedy and trafgedy 21 Aphrodite/Venus 23 Sarc with Dionysos/Bacchus, Kentauroi/Centaurs, Pan in a Dionysian/Bacchanale rite/orgy. 24 Sarc the Horae/Seasons and a portrait. Thyke/Fortuna, godess, i.a., of luck, fortune and prosperity. 25 Sarc with Erotes/Cupids and portrait of a couple. 26 Fluted, vertical cuts, sarc. with Demeter/Ceres and symbols of Tykhe/Fortuna and portrait 27 Sarc with garlands and Gorgon/Medusa and the shield of Demeter/Ceres 28 Sarc with Erotes/Cupids carrying a shield 29 Satyr, compagnion of Dionysos/Bacchus, fertility god, here as a table leg. 30 Ares/Mars, god of war, Poesidon, god of the sea, and Zeus the almighty, as the base of a candelabrum 31 Priest 32 Candelabrum 33 Sphynx, originally from Egypt, with the body of a lion and the head of a man in Egypt, or a woman in Greece/Rome, sometimes with wings. i.a. guardians of tombs, gates and entrances. 34 Sarc w Erotes/cupids racing 35 Poseidon/Neptune, god of the sea euuuh and earth quakes, his wife Amphytrite, goddess and representation of the sea, aka Thalassa, and Ares/Mars 37 Sarc with the boar hunt with a net by Artemis/Diana, the moon goddess 38 39 Apollo, twin brother of Artemis/Diana, whose mother, Leto, a mortal, was impregnated by Zeus. For the Egyptians, he was the sungod, Horus, the son of Isis. As soon as he was born, and was served ambrosia, the food of the gods, he sprang from his cradle, think of Jesus speaking half an hour after his birth, and demanded to have play-toys, a bow and a lyre, then began to play, and declared he would always speak the truth and be the best in everything. Quite a precocious child! He will grow in becoming all this and more: an oracle, a healer, archer and with his bow can spread plague, music, songs and be the guide of the muses! In short an achiever and a winner. Was made the councillor of Zeus. He is represented as a young man, with long curly hair, rather effeminate with a delicate face and body.